Civil & specialist engineering & services
Balfour Beatty companies are leading providers of civil and other specialist engineering, design and management services, principally in transport, energy and water.
Component businesses are Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering, Balfour Beatty Infrastructure Inc (US), Balfour Beatty Infrastructure Services, Balfour Beatty Management, Balfour Beatty Power Networks, Balfour Beatty Utilities, Stent, Dutco Balfour Beatty (Dubai) and Gammon Construction (Hong Kong and Singapore).
Each of these operating companies have clear policies for Health and Safety, Environment and Quality Management.
In addition, Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering is committed to setting a clear Community Engagement programme on its major projects.
Balfour Beatty Utilities has established procedures to set and review environmental objectives and targets. Safety systems are in place to protect the welfare of all employees and other persons who may be affected by work activities. Recognising the importance of safe driving for its employees, this operating company has set up links with the charity Brake to promote better driving and offer training opportunities.
Balfour Beatty Power Networks is responsible for many of our street lighting contracts, under which they work with local authorities to offer energy saving measures.
Initiatives at Stent in health and safety and training lead to winning the ground engineering category at the 2006 Specialists in Construction awards at the end of last year.
Overseas, Dutco Balfour Beatty in Dubai and Gammon Construction, where Balfour Beatty operates in joint venture have also set up health screening for its workers in Dubai and Gammon has implemented several initiatives to improve safety in Hong Kong.
Chairman’s and Chief Executive’s statement
In 2006, we were awarded the Quality in Construction prize for the best Corporate Responsibility programme in the industry. Such recognition is gratifying, but we remain determined to continue to make progress in all aspects of corporate responsibility.
Helping to tackle global issues
We are committed to the principles of Sustainable Construction and have engaged with Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace and the Environment Agency to understand external expectations of our environmental performance. We also play a part in helping reduce poverty in third world countries and are active participants in the anti-corruption movement.